CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead, Comedians Lost Work

Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by XMPPwocky on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:57PM (#24458191)

Is that something you know to be true, or something you heard from the companies?

Remember, there's a history of just this kind of stunt with these particular actors. So, personally, I'm very wary of taking their statements at face value!

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Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by RandoHolmes on Sunday September 13, 2020 @06:04AM (#24459758)

You can imagine just these sorts of arguments being raised when things like the 40 hour work week was going into effect.

And yet, here we are, years later, with the 40 hour work week and companies somehow successfully surviving.

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Re:CA Law Was to Give Uber Drivers New Protections. Instead,... by unishark on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:56AM (#24460876)

Or, according to the last poll I saw, here we are with an average work week of something like 47 hours in the US.

But we did ensure that workers at the low end aren't allowed the same flexibility as the higher paid employees, along with a nice demeaning time clock to punch every day.

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